Spyderco Kumo

This is Spyderco’s Kumo model, a custom design by R.J. Martin. The knife is done in the style of Japanese nihonto (‘Kumo’ means spider in Japanese), with the handle being wrapped in traditional same, or ray skin, and wrapped with epoxied nylon. There is a little Spyderco menuki set under the wrapping.

I love this knife, I am a big fan of both Spyderco and Japanese sword design, so this is perfect. It feels great and is very light and maneuverable, as well as being extremely sharp. The only thing that lets it down is the soulless kydex sheath, as with my SOG Desert Dagger it needs a nice, fine grade leather sheath to really set it off.

The kydex sheath does come with a little Tek-Lok adapter that lets the clip be mounted either up, down or on an angle for different types of draw (small of the back, cross draw, belt, vertical etc.).

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